Topic: SLEAP

DeepLabStream is a python based multi-purpose tool that enables the realtime tracking and manipulation of animals during ongoing experiments. Our toolbox was orginally adapted from the previously published DeepLabCut (Mathis et al., 2018) and expanded on its core capabilities, but is now able to utilize a variety of different network architectures for online pose estimation (SLEAP, DLC-Live, DeepPosekit's StackedDenseNet, StackedHourGlass and LEAP). Our aim is to provide an open-source tool that allows researchers to design custom experiments based on real-time behavior-dependent feedback. My

Xenopus frog metamorphosis offers a unique opportunity to study motor circuit changes as tadpoles transition from tail-based undulatory swimming to synchronous limb-based movements. Xenopus motor circuits change at a cellular level and generate different motor patterns over development, but the mechanisms driving the changes in motor output during metamorphosis are not well understood.Here, we combine behavioral analysis with computational modeling. We first quantify swimming (tadpole and frog) behavior using the tracking software SLEAP, measuring the decrease in frequency of tail movement, an